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Wolfenstein II, a video game set in an alternate, Nazi-ruled 1960s America, has severely pissed off the white nationalist alt-right, and its not even out yet. After seeing the trailer, racists have decried the game as anti-Whitepropaganda with Black Lives Matter overtones. Well, wait until they get a load of this scene, shared on Twitter by Polygons Nick Robinson:

Robinson describes the conversation, which the player can overhear before stealthily executing two Nazi guards, as a so much for the tolerant left convo. Hes referring to a meme where various flavors of bigots, when called out on their bigotry, accuse critics of being intolerant. The Nazis in this scene deliver a blatant parody of this ubiquitous part of 2017sinternetpolitical discourse.

How can they promote violence toward us just because we have a different point of view? wonders one of the characters, an actualNazi. In a societywhere many people believe calling someone racist is worse than actuallybeing racist, this is trenchant stuff.

Robinson calls it my favorite video game thing Ive seen in a long time.

The replies to him, from people who didnt find the dialogue particularly funny, add another layer of entertainment. Theres some irony being missed, here.

This might be the mostdivisive scene in the game, though. Its developers told The Verge it was meant to be timeless, not a commentary on current U.S. politics. Still, said creative director Jens Matthies, Every once in a while, you cant resist slipping a joke or two about the state of the world.

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The alt-right is upset about a conversation between Nazis in 'Wolfenstein 2' - The Daily Dot